$50,000 In Fines Is Not Brotherly Love!
It upset me to read the Toronto Star’s article “What price liberty? Up to $50″ about the Jaworski family in Orono who have a ‘neighbour’ who doesn’t understand the concept. This neighbour recently took it on themselves to call to Municipality of Clarington to tattle about a conference the Jaworski’s were hosting for a registered charity called the Institute for Liberal Studies.
As a direct result:
1) the Jaworski family are now facing a total of $50,000 in fines for improper land use of their 16 hectaires of agricultural land in Orono called Hillside Estate.
2) Certainly the experience of the 72 conference attendees this year were marred?
3) The future of the 11th “Liberty Summer Seminar” is in question. Will it happen? Will the Jaworski’s be able to find a way to hold the 11th?
I understand there has to be rules, and that the Municipality’s must enforce them if there is a complaint, but I can’t wrap my head around how a person could hate on another ‘neighbour’ that much! Hopefully our justice system will be more gracious and lenient — especially given this fragile economy!
What do YOU think about this?
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August 21st, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Just found another article on this situation in the National Post…
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Bureaucratic+bullies+foil+annual+libertarian+retreat/3415362/story.html
August 21st, 2010 at 11:05 pm
Lynne Morrison’s post about this…
http://www.suesutcliffe.com/blog/jaworski-family-orono-ontario/comment-page-1/#comment-27726
suggests people call our councillors and mayor and consider donating to the Marta & Lech legal defence fund.
August 21st, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Hugh MacIntyre awards this “Turkey of the Week: Municipal Bureaucrats in Orono, Ontario”…
http://libertaspost.com/turkey/2010/08/turkey-week-municipal-bureaucrats-orono-ontario
August 21st, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Kevin Libin of Financial post writes…
Bureaucratic ‘bullies’ foil annual libertarian retreat… http://www.financialpost.com/news/Bureaucratic+bullies+foil+annual+libertarian+retreat/3415362/story.html
August 21st, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Dr. Roy has some thoughts also…
http://torydrroy.blogspot.com/2010/08/ridiculous.html
August 23rd, 2010 at 1:05 pm
On this and many other similar experiences in the past, we as Canadians need to start calling this age, 2010 the year of the Petty Bureaucrat!
Although I am not involved in this issue, Petty Bureaucrat, have now interupted my life for the 10th time this year. Elected officials now have their hands tied, by these holier than though, self proclaimed keepers of the land. Beware Canadians, the Petty Bureaucrat is alive and affecting you, yes you everywhere in Canada!
Truly the Pen is mightier than the sword, just look to our Canadian system of Bureaucrat autonomy!